Offset Printing - Sheet-Fed

Ways commercial printers can use existing digital workflow and printing assets to enter the folding carton market.

Hub Folding Box Co., a custom manufacturer of folding paperboard cartons headquartered in Mansfield, MA, was pleased to host acclaimed rock and roll singer Steven Tyler of the popular rock band Aerosmith, on a recent visit to his family’s folding carton facility.

Victor Dixon, president and COO of Rondo-Pak’s U.S., location in Norristown, PA, says pharmaceutical and nutraceutical packaging has two primary functions. One, of course, is to protect the product. But the other is to serve as a communications vehicle throughout the supply chain. That communications aspect, Dixon explains, can often be the key to developing consumer loyalty to the product.

Colbert Packaging Corp., has installed a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 printing press in its Elkhart, IN manufacturing facility.

Prystup Packaging has installed a new six-color 57˝ Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 145 with aqueous coater and extended delivery.

RockTenn set two world records for printing more than 9 million sheets in one month and more than 357,000 sheets in one day.

Jan Steiner was on a panel with several other business owners when the importance of delivering on the brand promise of their respective companies came up. An outspoken member of the panel, the owner of a car service firm, said, "Getting boxes shipped on time isn't important. But if our car isn't at the airport to pick up an executive, heads roll."

Next month, Graphic Edge Printing and Packaging will become the first in the United States to install a 31" Ryobi 755XL-D Packaging Edition offset press. The new press will be among the spotlighted topics at the RYOBI MHI Open House May 7-8 in metro Atlanta.

To keep up with its dramatic sales growth, increase in capacity and have the latest in offset printing technology, K-1 Packaging Group has purchased a new eight-color, 41" KBA Rapida 105 press with coater and UV capabilities.

In the past year, Valdese Packaging & Label in Valdese, N.C., added a new six-color, 40˝ Mitsubishi Diamond 3000LX press with aqueous coater, which has allowed it to print on a wide array of substrates, from onion skin to 40-point board. According to CEO Darren Little, the company is now looking to add another 40˝ press.